Picture and process of making the same.



J. G. KITCHELL.

PICTURE AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24. 1913.

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PICTURE AND PROCESS F MAKING THE SAME.

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Patented June 29, 19315,

Application fileci'neeember at, 191%. Serial No. 808,582.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'l, .losnrrr G, Kironm, a citizen of the United States, and a resident-of Haoldam, county of Middlesex, State of Connecticut, have invented certainnew and useful Im rovements in Pictures and Processes of Waking" the Same, at which the following is a specification.

This invention relates .to new and improved art proucts-pictures and the process of making the same.

In carrying out my invention an image, sketch or picture is produced in monochrome or varich'rome onone rnetlium or support and in varichrome upon another medium, or upon the difierent sides of the same medium, the tints, colors or tones being, in certain cases, veiled, as it were, by one medium which softens the harshness of the colors, blending and diffusing them in a Most pleasing and harmonious manner resulting in an artistic efiect, truthful to attest. Byuse oi? the Worcl varichrome, ll inean changing colors, selective colors, various colors, aifierent or nian'y"colorsthe combination of various colors or shaaes.

llng'eneral terms the processconsists in making a (lravving or sketch or design in pen and ink, pencil, crayon, or in any other suitable manner, upon a suitable thin fabric such as paper, linen, silk or celluloiol oi? such a character that it is more or less transparent or translucent. open another medium of a heavier ancl tlenser nature-and in some instances preferably rigicl anti opaque such as porcelain, glass, celluloicl, 'vvootl, cardboardl, heavy tamer any other prepared or snitable'inaterial, preferably White in most instances, and suitable to carry Water colors, oilor anilin colors, pastel, ink or any other character or nature of color, ll outline generally first in monochrome the contours and principal .oletails of the ficsign or picture as borne upon the thin fabric "and of the enact are seen exact register with the same. I thencoilorthe details of thetlesign on'tli'e rigid iiiediuin or support so 'asto give correct color values to the ctsi Next the thin fabric or nietliurn'bearing the design is 'superposecl over the color flesigii on the thick preierahlyopaque support, keeping the two designs in correct register by any suitalole means The two riiediuins may be held in place "by sheets of g lass,"ori1t"clesirecl,they may be closely st cured together by means which will cause them to stick or adhere to each other.

I have. shown certain features oi my invention in the accompanying drawings, it being unclerstoocl that said ravvings are merely, illustrative and that l am not confined. to what is there shown anti herein described in connection therewith.

Referringto the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of a thin medium having thereon, the contours and principal oletails of an uncoloreci design or picture. Fig. 2 is a front view of a thicker medium with the same picture thereon in reverse position. Fig. ,3 is a front view of Fig. 2, having the colors 'applie to the picture for the pur: pose of giving proper color values thereto.

Fig. 4 is the finishei picture with the pie ture bearing medium of Fig. l superposed upon Fig. 3 and in exact register therewith. Fig,:5 is a cross sectional view on line 5 of Fig. a Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of a modifiea form, partly broken away.

@n the drawing the partmark'eol A represents the thin: picture bearing medium such as paper, linen, silk or the like.

18 reprwents the picture which in this case is the profile of a Womans face.

(3 is the thicker ancl rigid medium preferahly opaque such as porcelain, glass, celluloiti orthe' like v Y B is the profile otthe shown in l. i

The part marked D represents one color, anuil) another color applieol to the picture shown in Fig. 52, for the purpose of giving correct color values, and F represents the finisheol picture-after the picture hearing medium A, shovrn'in Fig.1, has been superposecl uponthe thicker picture bearing colcred medium, shown in Fig, 3. By this are rangernent the color Work nndierneaththe thinner niecli carrying the picturein neutral or one color-thus procucinga veryan tistic result anal one isinhharmony with art ethi ca -With-the supsrposing of the thinner sheeto'r'mediurn carrying all the delicate details and rnotleling over the medium carrying the colors there is no loss ct weanling or- '(ietfiil, While at; the some time'thereis avoioledi the necessityolt oxtreme nicetynoiitvork in sprea iing, gratling andblenolina the colors, these sheets heing prccluceolby the veiling when the thinner sheet is placetl over the thicker-sheet carrysame taco as that too ing the colors. It is evident that as the colors are not required to be placed on the,

thick or under medium with any amount of skill, it can be done very rapidly, with the result that a beautiful and artistic picture is produced at little cost.

In the reproduction of duplicate etchings, engravings, wood-cuts and other similar pictures, an impression in black or other monochrome may first be made upon the thinner medium, and this same picture may then be transferred by tracing, printing direct or by an odset impression onto the thicker sheet or medium so that the exact reproduction and correct scale will be duplicated in the same or different degree of intensity and ready for filling in with the colors. v

In producing duplicates of photographs according to my invention, the medium that is to carry the colors may be sensitized and a print made for guidance, or the pictures may be made upon this medium in other ways.- 'llhc'process is particularly valuable in 1ts application to photo-portraiture as the life semblance is greatly enhanced by the addition of correct color values and as the print from the original negative is softened and difi'used by the glow of color' which 30v comes through it, little or no retouching is necessary and hence the characteristics of l the face are more faithfully depicted and the modeling preserved.

In the duplication of pictures in great numbers the color work may be lithographed, or made by the three color halftone process or by any other successful commercial method.

The resultant edects hereinabove described may be varied by the use of a tinted tissue carrying the picture and use'dxas the veiling, or by varying the tint of the monotone itself, the lightness or heaviness of the ink deposit, or byvarying the color treatment on the thick medium. In some cases the thier medium is superposed over the thicker medium with the inked or penciled or printed side or surface of the thinner medium next to the thicker medium and in.

I ren' er it less so by covering it with an-' other solution, such as that used for retouching photo netives, containing gum dammar and, Ganaan bale.

n eaeea Where in some cases the paper or medium carrying the outer or neutral impression is not smooth enough or it is undesirable to incorporate it in immediate contact with (stuck to) the under medium, or when it is not desired to place a sheet of glass outside the outer paper or medium which paper or then permanently positioned there.

There are times when the nature of the efiect desired, or the nature of the outer medium employed, or the climatic or atmospheric conditions prevailing make it desirable or helpful to moisten the outer medium or heat or at the same time moisten and heat it by direct steam or moist hot air and stretch it across the face of the under medium while in that condition.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

l. The process of making a design or picture which consists in producing the contours and principal details of the same on a thinner transparent medium, producing merely the outlines of the picture on a thicker opaque medium only, giving the outline on the thicker medium proper color values, and superposing the thinner medium ove r the thicker medium with the designs in reglsten 2. The process of mahng a picture which consists in producing the contours and principal details of theidesign on a thinner sheet of transparent paper, producing merely the outlines of the picture on a thicker medium of opaque material,applying paint to the Outlines on the latter-medium only giving color valuesto the design, su erposing the paper over the opaque materia with the outmes of the design on each medium in correct register, and securing the two mediums together, I

3. The process of mahnga picture which consists inlproduciug the contours and principal deta' s of the same on athimier sheet of transparent paper, producing merely the outlines of the picture on a thicker medium of opaque material, applying paint to the thicker medium only to give the desi proper color values, and super oslng e paper over the opaque materi with the inked side of the former uppermost and with the outline of the design on each medium in correct register. j v

4. A design or picture consisting of an 9 pushed up to meet the outer medium and" opaque support having merely an outline of let nieaeec a design or picture thereon and colors applied thereto, a thinner transparent sheet carrying the contours and principal details of said design in monochrome, superposed upon said support with the outlines of the picture-on each medium in proper register, the support and the sheet being secured together, v

5. A picture or design consisting of a sheet of porcelain or other similar 0 aque support having a mere outline of a design or picture thereon with color values applied thereto, and a thinner sheet of transparent paper carrying the contours and principal details of the same design or picture in monochrome, superposed over and registering with the design or picture on the support, the said thinner sheet of paper being secured to said support,

6. A design or picture consisting cit an opaque support having the mere outlines off a design or picture thereon in colors, a thinner sheet of transparent paper or other medium having the contours and principal details of the same design or picture in ink or other monochrome, superposed over'and registering with the design or picture upon the support, the inked side of the medi being outermost and the medium being secured to the support.

In witness' whereof I have hereunto set hand in the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, this 16th day of December, 1913.

JOS. G. KITCHELL. in presence of- ISABEL R. Rrcnanos, Jenn J, "Remnant, 

